A couple of experts kept up their hot start as we are almost a month into the season at this point. Don’t forget to check out the ownership percentage charts at the bottom of the article. If there is anything that you’d like to see incorporated into this weekly article, just let me know. Enjoy!
In this article, I will give a brief recap of each day we gathered and graded the experts, including how the Industry Consensus picks performed, highlighting which experts were at the top for the day and which players were only called out by one expert, but produced an “A+” grade. I also list the top DraftKings Points per $1000 experts for each day. Finally, I will also review the overall standings and highlight the top experts so far this season. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
As a reminder, we are currently gathering selections and publishing the NBA Industry Consensus articles on all weekdays that feature at least four games during the NBA season, so be sure to check back about an hour or so before the first game tips off to get a look at the industry expert’s consensus picks for the day.
On to the grades!
Week in Review
Monday (October 29th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.23 (9th of 19)
Total Plays – 30
A+ – Ersan Ilyasova, LeBron James, Ben Simmons, DeMar DeRozan, Jimmy Butler, Pascal Siakam, Karl-Anthony Towns
F – Kelly Olynyk
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 5.00) started off the week hot as four of their nine plays finished “A” or better with three “A+” grades. They were the lone expert site to recommend Klay Thompson and his MONSTER night on Monday.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.73) scored an “A+” grade with five of their total 15 plays for Monday.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DailyFantasySportsRankings (6.39 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Klay Thompson (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Willie Cauley-Stein (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Tyler Johnson (FantasyPros)
A+ – Buddy Hield (FantasyGuruElite)
Tuesday (October 30th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.79 (9th of 20)
Total Plays – 29
A+ – Thirteen of the 29 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Larry Nance Jr, Jaren Jackson Jr, Nerlens Noel
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 7.75) absolutely crushed Tuesday! Six of their eight plays found the “A+” grade column.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 7.22) also hit it big on Tuesday. Seven of their nine plays scored “A” or better including five “A+” scores.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG 6-Pack (5.90 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Steven Adams (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Otto Porter (DailyRoto)
A+ – George Hill (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Jeremy Lin (FantasyPros)
A+ – Tyler Johnson (FantasyPros)
A+ – Tristan Thompson (FantasyPros)
A+ – Cody Zeller (FantasyGuruElite)
Wednesday (October 31st)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.18 (5th of 21)
Total Plays – 33
A+ – Steph Curry, Karl-Anthony Towns, Derrick Rose, Andre Drummond, E’Twaun Moore, JaVale McGee, Wendell Carter Jr, Noah Vonleh
F – Jabari Parker, Deandre Ayton, Josh Jackson
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.36) scored “A” or better with five of their 11 plays for Halloween. Four of those were “A+” grades.
#2) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.29) hauled in an “A+” grade with three of their seven plays.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Lineup Builder (6.23 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – There were no players that scored an “A+” and were only selected by one expert.
Thursday (November 1st)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.19 (8th of 17)
Total Plays – 21
A+ – Joel Embiid, Buddy Hield, Giannis Antetokounmpo, De’Aaron Fox, Russell Westbrook, Robert Covington, Al-Farouq Aminu
F – Dario Saric
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 7.38) put together a nice optimized lineup to start November. Six of their eight plays scored “A” or better including five “A+” grades.
#2) FantasyLabs (Score: 6.70) scored a “B” or better will all ten plays on Thursday. That included half of the ten scoring “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DailyFantasyNerd (6.66 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Boban Marjanovic (Scout)
A+ – Jeremy Lin (FantasyPros)
Friday (November 2nd)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.77 (7th of 19)
Total Plays – 30
A+ – Eleven of the 30 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Dante Exum, Derrick Rose, Royce O’Neale, Noah Vonleh, Aaron Gordon
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 6.91) put together another solid day to cap the week. Seven of their 11 plays scored “A+” grades.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 6.73) also scored an “A+” grade with seven of their 11 selections.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
FantasyTeamAdvice (5.63 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Fred VanVleet (DailyRoto)
A+ – Justin Holiday (DailyRoto)
A+ – Carmelo Anthony (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Marc Gasol (FantasyCPR)
Overall Leaderboard
Still maintaining a hot start were a handful of experts. Coming out of the gate hot typically leads to a solid standing at the end of the year. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.46) took a big leap from 4th to 1st after last week.
#2) DFS Army (Score: 5.22) dropped a spot but is still off to a great start this NBA season.
#3) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 5.07) sits in the top-3 and well within striking distance of the top guys.
#4) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.05) hops into the top-5 after a nice week of optimizer lineups.
#5) RG Consensus (Score: 4.98) is clinging to a top-5 spot and is the only expert in the top-5 with a score below 5.0.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 4.77) continued the hot start to the season. The Consensus sits in an 8th place tie once again this week.
Ownership Percentage Tracking
A part of daily fantasy sports strategy is understanding ownership percentages and being able to predict ownership percentages prior to entering contests especially for GPP tournaments where you might want to be contrarian by selecting lower owned players or fading highly owned players depending on the payout structure and size of the contest.
Below are the tables showing the actual data collected so far this season. Results are using a DraftKings Double-Up for Cash and single entry tournament for GPP. The Count column shows the number of times a player was selected by the experts for a given day. The salary columns show the average ownership percentages for all players that were recommended by the given number of experts for the salary range provided.
Cash
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 15 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 13 | 24.00% | 37.60% | 45.65% | N/A |
| 12 | 41.90% | 27.50% | 60.96% | 59.40% |
| 11 | 38.00% | 50.90% | 45.13% | 61.60% |
| 10 | 23.72% | 34.33% | 55.58% | 43.85% |
| 9 | 20.44% | 27.74% | 24.84% | 41.20% |
| 8 | 16.94% | 20.33% | 40.12% | 46.86% |
| 7 | 12.99% | 22.46% | 20.32% | 22.30% |
| 6 | 6.63% | 18.14% | 24.14% | 15.96% |
| 5 | 6.99% | 7.17% | 12.96% | 11.05% |
| 4 | 4.52% | 6.06% | 8.05% | 9.37% |
| 3 | 2.46% | 5.41% | 4.15% | 5.58% |
| 2 | 1.60% | 3.47% | 3.45% | 4.06% |
| 1 | 1.10% | 1.81% | 1.78% | 1.36% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 15 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 13 | 25.30% | 23.70% | 29.00% | N/A |
| 12 | 34.00% | 23.45% | 40.56% | 35.50% |
| 11 | 28.60% | 34.40% | 27.67% | 33.70% |
| 10 | 22.18% | 23.70% | 38.40% | 26.80% |
| 9 | 17.40% | 21.66% | 18.00% | 29.53% |
| 8 | 16.56% | 17.53% | 28.34% | 28.50% |
| 7 | 14.73% | 16.93% | 16.10% | 20.00% |
| 6 | 9.67% | 13.91% | 18.09% | 11.61% |
| 5 | 8.93% | 9.07% | 12.15% | 10.54% |
| 4 | 8.30% | 8.63% | 9.48% | 7.10% |
| 3 | 5.88% | 7.45% | 6.54% | 6.97% |
| 2 | 6.50% | 5.22% | 5.45% | 4.28% |
| 1 | 4.15% | 3.08% | 3.50% | 2.10% |
We continue to track this over the course of the season as we provide projected ownership percentages for players on each slate in our NBA Weighted Consensus article.
